Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is lower in Neepawa than in 75% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 45.7; it rose to 50.1 in 2025. The Safety Grade comes out at A−, drawn from crime the police covering Neepawa reported through 2023 to 2025: #9 of 182 in Manitoba. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 46.8 and 45.8. Violence and property crime split as 8.9 violent incidents and 19.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What stands out about safety in Neepawa
Lower than most of Manitoba
Neepawa’s index of 45.8 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Neepawa places 12th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Neepawa’s index splits into violent crime, 46.8 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 45.8 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Neepawa’s A− for safety
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #9 of 182 in Manitoba and #432 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Neepawa, by type
Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 9.3 | 1.5 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.7 | 1.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 44.7 | 7.3 | 22% |
| Mischief | 24 | 3.9 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 27 | 4.3 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Impaired driving | 4 | 0.7 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Neepawa, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 50.1, with 2024 the lightest at 41.7. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Neepawa | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 41.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 45.7 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Neepawa, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Neepawa is 12th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 10 | Beauceville Quebec | 6,228 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 11 | Peachland British Columbia | 6,302 | 44.1 | 39.2 | A− |
| 12 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 45.8 | 46.8 | A− |
| 13 | Tweed Ontario | 6,504 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| 14 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 6,387 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| 15 | Saint-Pie Quebec | 6,085 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Neepawa in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Neepawa’s police: about 55 violent incidents a year over 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
And about 120 property crimes, plus 59 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Neepawa
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neepawa | 6,328 | 45.8 | 46.8 | A− |
| Minto-Odanah (26 km) | 1,168 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Minnedosa (26 km) | 2,859 | 89.9 | 92.1 | C |
| WestLake-Gladstone (37 km) | 3,604 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| Clanwilliam-Erickson (40 km) | 1,051 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Oakview (42 km) | 1,670 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
The places around Neepawa all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 26–42 km from Neepawa.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Neepawa
Is Neepawa safe?
Neepawa measures 45.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 8.9 violent incidents and 19.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Neepawa?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (7.8 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 7.3, and fraud, at 4.7, follow.
Is crime going up in Neepawa?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 10%, to 50.1 from 45.7.
How much of Neepawa’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 38% of crime (66% of violent crime, 27% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Neepawa’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).